>> >> >> > and the vi command always seg faults. Does that mean the
>> /dev/hda3
>> >> >> > image is done-for and I should just start the laptop over from
>> >> scratch
>> >> >> > and import my /etc/ and /home/ directories when it's
>> re-installed?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would try putting it all back and re-emerge everything (emerge
>> -vaD
>> >> >> --emptytree world). It would fix if anything bad happened to the
>> >> compiled
>> >> >> things and you could start using the things which survived sooner.
>> >> >
>> >> > I tried re-emerging vim from within the chroot and I got:
>> >> >
>> >> > /usr/portage/eclass/vim.eclass: line 342: make: command not found
>> >> >
>> >> > What do you think?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Have you checked the laptop drive? If it is faulty then
>> re-installing is
>> >> just wasting your time.
>> >>
>> >> I would recommend checking the drive with smartmontools before
>> going any
>> >> further. Given the problems outlined above, I would make a package for
>> >> it on your desktop and do a binary install of the result on the
>> laptop.
>> >
>> > I haven't checked the laptop drive yet. Can I make a smartmontools
>> > package for the x86 laptop on the amd64 desktop? How can I do that?
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Actually, I just noticed that smartmontools is installed on the livecd,
>> so just use that! Post the output of '/usr/sbin/smartctl -d ata -a
>> /dev/hda' - (assuming that your hard drive *is* /dev/hda of course...)
>
> That command takes less than a second to complete and there is a lot
> of output. One thing that jumps out at me is:
>
> ATA Error Count: 868
>
> Is there anything else I should post?
>
Hmmm - sounds like its seen 868 read/write errors. However to advise you
better we need to see the output. I suspect it is huge because there are
error details for each of the 868 errors. How about post the first 200
lines of the smartctl output to the list?
I did a fresh format and install with the GTK installer from a LiveCD
and on the second boot errors are detected in the file system. I
guess it's over for this drive?
- Grant
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